Eyewitness

By Marshall Fine

An underrated gem of the early 1980s, this film is a solid mystery with
a terrific and unlikely romance at its core. Hurt plays a New York janitor
whose fantasy life centers on TV reporter Sigourney Weaver. When a murder
occurs in the office building where he works, he claims to have seen more
than he did just to get her attention. But when the murderers believe him,
they both become targets. The plot is workable, but mostly serves as a
meet-cute device for throwing together the unassuming janitor and the TV
star, and the resulting collision of social strata when he successfully
woos her. James Woods nearly steals the film as Hurt's jumpy Vietnam vet
friend, a shifty operator of whom cop Morgan Freeman observes, "He
was born to be a suspect."